October 17, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks with a prominent writer.
October 22, 1983 - On this Weekend program, Kathy Heidel, naturalist for the Hennepin County Park Reserve District, discusses nature and animals in the wild as winter approaches. Heidel also answers listener questions.
October 24, 1983 - MPR’s Dennis Hamilton interviews Minnesota author Lee Henschel Jr. about his book, Short Stories of Vietnam.
November 3, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks with a prominent writer.
November 5, 1983 - On this Weekend program, Bill Kling, president of Minnesota Public Radio, discusses recent changes in public broadcasting, both in Minnesota and nationally. Topics include the near bankruptcy of National Public Radio. Kling also answers listener questions.
November 8, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks with a writer in this About Books and Writers program.
November 11, 1983 - Andrea Dworkin and Minneapolis City Council member Catherine MacKinnon answer questions about pornography and ways to control it.
November 15, 1983 - Eugene McCarthy, former Minnesota senator and presidential candidate, speaks at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. McCarthy’s address was titled "Growing Up in Rural Minnesota.” McCarthy speaks of experiences in his hometown of Watkins, some of which were expressed in a collection of poems entitled Gene McCarthy's Minnesota.
November 19, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie interviews writer on this episode of About Books and Writers.
November 22, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie interviews writer on this episode of About Books and Writers. [author unknown for this segment]